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Palm Avenue Motors received 29 consumer ratings from Consumers' CHECKBOOK and Consumer Reports subscribers.

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How does Palm Avenue Motors
rate compared to other local auto body shops?
Area's highest-rated auto body shop:
100% 100%
Average of nearby auto body shops:
84% 84%
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Area's lowest-rated auto body shop:
37% 37%
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  • Based on more than 3,189 consumer ratings by CHECKBOOK and Consumer Reports subscribers who have used these companies and professionals.
Palm Avenue Motors had prices that were 2% lower than average.
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There were big price differences among shops, according to thousands of price checks by Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK's undercover shoppers. For example, the cost to replace the trunk lid on one specific car ranged from $821 to $1,270.

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Palm Avenue Motors
2180 Palm Ave
San Mateo, CA
Phone: 650-345-3596

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CHECKBOOK Ratings
Number of customer survey ratings for Palm Avenue Motors: 29 ratings
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Sample Subscriber Comments & Reviews for Auto Body Shops in the San Francisco Bay Area
CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

As You Can See Below, Some Auto Body Shops Get High Praise from Their Customers.
Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments
CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Auto Body Shops.

  • Subscriber from PITTSBURG, CA wrote about a local auto body shop: Bay Auto Body is very thorough in assessing body damage. Even better at fixing it..........
  • Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote about a local auto body shop: Michael the son is a very straight shooter and will give the client a very..........
  • Subscriber from MARTINEZ, CA wrote about a local auto body shop: They started the work when they said they would and finished the day they said..........
  • Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote about a local auto body shop: I have been using Georges services for 15 years in which I have taken my..........
  • Subscriber from ANNANDALE, VA wrote about a local auto body shop: Reasonable prices and very honest appraisal of service........
  • Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote about a local auto body shop: Great company. excellent work.......
  • Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote about a local auto body shop: They did a great job on replacing the front bumper on om Prius........
  • Subscriber from CANTWELL, AK wrote about a local auto body shop: Very professional. Gave lower-cost alternative solutions. Worked well with insurer........
  • Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote about a local auto body shop: Very professional staff - not that inexpensive though........
  • Subscriber from MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA wrote about a local auto body shop: Car looked and drove as if it were new........
  • Subscriber from ATHERTON, CA wrote about a local auto body shop: I took my car to Palm Avenue Motors to fix the left front end after..........
  • Subscriber from REDWOOD CITY, CA wrote about a local auto body shop: Ive used them twice after two separate accidents and I cant rave about them enough........
  • Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote about a local auto body shop: Have been doing business with Hanzels for more than 25 years. They are honest, helpful..........
  • Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote about a local auto body shop: the work was even done sooner than promised!.......
  • Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote about a local auto body shop: Quality of work was very good. I will use them again.......
  • Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote about a local auto body shop: Our job was just to realign the hood. They did a great job, very reasonable..........

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